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School Committee Wants Kids Back in School

The five members of the Sanford School Committee have directed Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson to figure out how to have students in schools more days per week. Except when a school or class goes to full remote learning because of an outbreak, most Sanford students are taught on a hybrid model, with two days a week of in-school instruction, and three days of remote learning at home. At their February 8 meeting, School Committee members heard comments from some…
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SMHC Forging Ahead with Vaccinations

While most of the recent media focus has been on the high volume “mega center” Covid vaccination clinics being set up around the state, here in Sanford, Southern Maine Health Care has been quietly going about the business of getting York County residents vaccinated against the virus. At the Sanford Medical Center (formerly Goodall Hospital), six vaccine clinics have been held so far, vaccinating approximately 1,440 people in Phases 1A (health care workers and first responders) and 1B (people age…
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Latest Covid Data & Vaccine Info

Sanford had 61 new cases of Covid-19 in the week ending January 24, and Springvale had 14, for a total of 75 new cases in our community. The numbers of new cases have now dropped two weeks in a row, after the post-holiday surge. There have been a total of 864 cases of Covid-19 in Sanford since the pandemic began, and 213 more in Springvale, for a total of 1,077. Sanford/Springvale continues to lead the state in percentage of our…
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Latest Covid-19 Info

Our community reached an unhappy milestone this week, as a cumulative total of 1,002 cases of Covid-19 have now been reported in the city since the pandemic began. Broken down by zip code, this represents 803 cases in Sanford and 199 in Springvale. This is an increase of 99 Sanford cases and 23 Springvale cases over the previous week, for a total of 122 new cases in the city. This is data as of January 17. As of January 20,…
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Former Marshall’s Store Eyed for Vaccination Site

Maine's Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to set up five centers across the state to vaccinate large numbers of people against Covid-19, with one of the centers to be located in Sanford, according to City Manager Steven Buck. He told the City Council's Public Safety Subcommittee this week that, beginning in February, the proposed Sanford center would be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and would serve all of York County. Various locations are…
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